The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-19

always thought that her name Hattie.
NJ KATKoFF. the Russian editor, is a man of
medium size, with gray hair brushed back from
broad forehead, a short white heard, ard
face bearing the marks of age and overwork.
A TEXAS steer picked up Miss Louise Dan
forth, of St Louis, on his horns, tossed her over
a fence into yard and she stood there and cried
because of the ribs of her parasol was
broken in the toss.
AMERICAN ANGLER: The body of the EN-
peror of Japan" is blue. loneitudinally traversed
by about thirty yellow bands; it attains length
Of fifteen inches, and is esteemed of all the
Indian species of food.
THE Independent of April 81 will contain an
editorial identifying the<.Arthur Richmond" of
the North American Review with Gail Hamil-
ton" The same number will contain an elabo-
rate criticism by Maurice Thompson, of Mr..
Howels definition of fiction.
OF three sisters in New York one has a Jew
for husband. another Protestant, and the
third Roman Catholic. They met by appoint
ment says the Times at the residence of the lat
ter on Easter Sunday night The Jewess, pre-
siding at the piano, sang the touching Methodist
hymn, Shall we knew each other there"
RAs ALULA. the Abyssinian chief is forty five
years DID, He is short, stout man, chocolate
colored, who never laughs is always naughty
In nogging his servants. He cannot read nor
write, is superstltious to an extreme degree, and
IS, even for an Abyssinian, grossly licentious.
FERDINAND WARD has been taken out of the
laundry at Sing Sing prison aud sent back to
kicking the printing press in the State printing
Office where the necessary printing is done for
the prison. He said he liked being printer sbet-
ter than washerwoman" The three doodle
aldermen" Jaehne, O'Neill and McQuade, are
getting fat.
GENERAL GREEDY, since his appointment as
Chief Signal Officer of the army has worked at
the system in vogue in his Office. cutting off
"red tape" wherever that was possible and SIM
plfylng processes, SO that, for example, every
letter entering the Office is answered within
twenty-fou hours of its receipt instead of wait
ing from two or three days to a month.
LOVERS of fancy turnouts will get an idea from
the following description of Queen Victoria's
driving outfit: At Aix-les- Bans the principal
equpage in use by her is landau driven by
Mlianese coachman. dressed post-boy, aud
horsed by two bay sreeds, also from Milan with
foxes brushes dangling under their chins, and
with their tails profusely adorned with blue and
red ribbon.
The suspicious of the hotel clerks throughout
the country that some widespread conspiracy
was on foot, because many travellers inquired
if there were dark rooms in the hotels are al
ldyeu ny Tue fnOtograpnlc Times. which de-
clares that these suspicious guests are only tour
ist photographers, who need dark rooms to de-
velop their pictures. Without the explanation
appearances would certainly be against the pho
tographers.
Mrs. BERRY was hanged. not long ago, in Old
ham, England, for the murder of her daughter
Recently an auction sale of her effects was held.
The result was great financial success The
weird interest attaching to murderer's relics
added an unwonted value to her belongings. A
ball dress brought Els Dancing garment
once owned by an executed criminal is an expe-
rience denied to most people. but, apparently,
worth good round sum.
REV d. Il. WEBSTER, who is now preacher
in Illinois, is the author of the famous song
"Lorena." 1t was sung everywhere on its APP
pearance. years ago, and became the fannie
Laurie" of the Union army during the civil war;
Its origin lay in the rejection by Miss Blockson
of GAINESVILLE O.. of Websters addresses. Miss
Blockson afterward married Judge johnson,
who lately resigned from the Supreme bench OF
Ohio owing to incurable i'll health.
DAN RICE, the celebrated clown, who
made and lost several large fortunes in the
circus ring, lives in Cincinnati, old and
poor and dependent on the charity OF friends
for a living. "Bystander." of the Philad Ell phia
News. says that Rice's first appearance in public
was as pugilisr. and he has a record of the fact
that, in 1928, the Pennsylvania Legislature
adjourned to witness, at Harrisburg, a boxing
contest between George Kensett and Dan Rice
GEORGE w. CHILDs has two maxims which
stand him in good stead They are: s'Do the
best and leave the rest and What can't be
cured must be endured" These bits of philoso-
ply End the habit of taking long walks keep
Mr. Chids in State of unruff1ed temper. He
IS great pedestrian. He will not go anywhere
in a vehicle If he can travel on foot Hs walks
from his town house to his Office and back every
day As soon as he had recovered from his re-
cent fall ne insisted on resuming his walks.
PERHAPS the smallest man of his age now
living is James Hoag. of Cedar Springs Mich
He was born in 1875 and was one of the small
est babies known, weighing only nine ounces.
He now weighs but seventy-six pounds, and is
only forty-five inches in height. One of the
| largest men of modern times was Samuel Muir
| fit, who died in England few weeks ago. He
| was six feet inch high, and weighed 56O
| pounds The girth of bis waist was nearly ten
| feet. and it took tnpe line twenty inches long
| to encompass the cult of his leg No hearse
could be found large enough to carry his body,
and it took twenty men to lift the coffin through
the window to an open wagon. He was a ma.
| tive of Wimblington, Cam bridgeshire, and was
| iftv-fve years old.
THE paper bottle is the latest evidence tina,
| we live in an age of aper Car wheels, bar
| rels pals, wash bowls and racing boats are now
made from paper, or from substance that car
| be only so named, although it is rather papier
| maehe than a texture that has been produced
| by the complicated appliances of a papermll
| The paper bottle is the invention of a manu-
facturer of ink and bluing at Chicago. 1t has
| these advantages over the glass bottle: Less
| likely to break: much lighter weight; impene
| trabilty to frost; lower cost; no packing mate
| rial needed in 1t is, like glass, unaffected
| by acids if properly prepared. The only ad
vantage possessed by the glass. bottle is trans
| parency. A decided preference for the paper
bottle is predicted by the American grocer.